book review
- a critical description, evaluation, or analysis of a book, especially one published in a newspaper or magazine.
- a section or page of a newspaper or magazine devoted to such material.
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Origin of book review
First recorded in 1860–65
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Examples from the Web for book review
Contemporary Examples
All things being relative, the Times is still a book-review bonanza.
Historical Examples
There was a book-review in it a few days ago that I—I liked very much.'
When a Man's SingleJ. M. Barrie
Whether that it so or not, the book-review is not, as a rule, the place for abstract argument.
The Art of LettersRobert Lynd
It is a result, I believe, of a wrong conception of what a book-review should be.
The Art of LettersRobert Lynd
He had sold only one book-review, and he was using Corydon's money again.
Love's PilgrimageUpton Sinclair
The cost of the other room was the price of a book-review, and that sometimes meant a whole day of his precious time.
Love's PilgrimageUpton Sinclair